Cultural imperialism1
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Tuesday 15 February 2011
Sunday 6 February 2011
Theories – Copy Cat theory/desensitisation theory/cultivation theory
Theories – Copy Cat theory/desensitisation theory/cultivation theory – describe and find examples for each from media texts
Copy Cat or Modelling Theory:
The copycat theory relates to something publicized in the media that creates a lot of attention, causing other people to imitate in order to gain the same level attention. The well known example of this is copycat murders, suicides and other violent acts that come with no other motive other than attention, caused by seeing the same acts in the media, be it film, television or books.
Desensitisation Theory:
Desensitisation is the belief that because there is so much violence shown in the media, people have less of an emototional impact to violence and feel less sensitive towards it. For instance, if you watch a lot of violent movies, you will not feel as upset about the violence than you would have if you hadn't watched a lot of violent movies. But does consuming violent media make you feel less sad about real life violence?
Cultivation Theory:
Cultivation theory is about how people's attitudes and beliefs are impacted by the media, rather than just behaviors. For instance someone who watches a lot of violent movies may have a darker and unrealistic outlook on the world, thinking that there is more violence in their community than there really is, whereas someone who doesn't watch as many violent movies may have a more realistic view on the world.
Copy Cat or Modelling Theory:
The copycat theory relates to something publicized in the media that creates a lot of attention, causing other people to imitate in order to gain the same level attention. The well known example of this is copycat murders, suicides and other violent acts that come with no other motive other than attention, caused by seeing the same acts in the media, be it film, television or books.
Desensitisation Theory:
Desensitisation is the belief that because there is so much violence shown in the media, people have less of an emototional impact to violence and feel less sensitive towards it. For instance, if you watch a lot of violent movies, you will not feel as upset about the violence than you would have if you hadn't watched a lot of violent movies. But does consuming violent media make you feel less sad about real life violence?
Cultivation Theory:
Cultivation theory is about how people's attitudes and beliefs are impacted by the media, rather than just behaviors. For instance someone who watches a lot of violent movies may have a darker and unrealistic outlook on the world, thinking that there is more violence in their community than there really is, whereas someone who doesn't watch as many violent movies may have a more realistic view on the world.
Thursday 3 February 2011
Theorist Research (NOT FINISHED)
STUART HALL
Stuart Hall is a cultural theorist and sociologist who has lived and worked in the United Kingdom since 1951.
racial clown:
His works — such as studies showing the link between racial prejudice and media — have a reputation as influential, and serve as important foundational texts for contemporary cultural studies.
CHOMSKEY
Avram Noam Chomsky is an American linguist, philosopher, cognitive scientist, and political activist. Chomsky is well known in the academic and scientific community as one of the fathers of modern linguistics,[and a major figure of analytic philosophy. Since the 1960s, he has become known more widely as a political dissident and an anarchist, referring to himself as a libertarian socialist. Chomsky is the author of more than 150 books and has received worldwide attention for his views, despite being typically absent from the mainstream media.
relationship between profit seeking media and govts:
He has argued that the mass media in the United States largely serve as a propaganda arm and "bought priesthood" of the U.S. government and U.S. corporations, with the three parties intertwined through common interests. In a famous reference to Walter Lippmann, Chomsky along with his coauthor Edward S. Herman has written that the American media manufactures consent among the public. Chomsky has condemned the 2010 supreme court ruling revoking the limits on campaign finance, calling it "corporate takeover of democracy
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Stuart Hall is a cultural theorist and sociologist who has lived and worked in the United Kingdom since 1951.
racial clown:
His works — such as studies showing the link between racial prejudice and media — have a reputation as influential, and serve as important foundational texts for contemporary cultural studies.
CHOMSKEY
Avram Noam Chomsky is an American linguist, philosopher, cognitive scientist, and political activist. Chomsky is well known in the academic and scientific community as one of the fathers of modern linguistics,[and a major figure of analytic philosophy. Since the 1960s, he has become known more widely as a political dissident and an anarchist, referring to himself as a libertarian socialist. Chomsky is the author of more than 150 books and has received worldwide attention for his views, despite being typically absent from the mainstream media.
relationship between profit seeking media and govts:
He has argued that the mass media in the United States largely serve as a propaganda arm and "bought priesthood" of the U.S. government and U.S. corporations, with the three parties intertwined through common interests. In a famous reference to Walter Lippmann, Chomsky along with his coauthor Edward S. Herman has written that the American media manufactures consent among the public. Chomsky has condemned the 2010 supreme court ruling revoking the limits on campaign finance, calling it "corporate takeover of democracy
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